If your Pediatrician suggests or encourages you to give your baby solids, such as rice cereal or some other food, go to the link, print off the info and give it to them. Some Pediatricians simply do not realize that the medical research is changing on when to give solids and it is currently recommended by the following well recognized institutions, that exclusive breastfeeding to 6 months+ is the gold standard.
If your Pediatrician does not seem supportive of this or other well documented recommendations, you may want to find another doctor. Remember, you are hiring your doctor and it is your right to find someone else if you do not feel well supported and involved in your baby's health care. Doctors should include you and consult with you, not boss you around.
The following organizations recommend that all babies be exclusively breastfed (no cereal, juice or any other foods) for the first 6 months of life (not the first 4-6 months):
- World Health Organization
- UNICEF
- US Department of Health & Human Services
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Dietetic Association
- Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
- Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
- Health Canada
Want to read more? Check out this link:
http://www.kellymom.com/nutrition/solids/delay-solids.html
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